Yi Yi (Blu-Ray)

The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-age father NJ’s tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.

Special features:
– Newly restored digital transfer, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
– Audio commentary by writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns.
– Video interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement.
– Theatrical trailer
– Original English subtitle translation by Yang and Rayns.
– PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film writer Kent Jones and notes from the director